Frontier Wife
Margaret TannerHistorical romance
Available from The Wild Rose Press
ISBN: 1-60154-778-1
July 2010
| In 1879 Australia, Tomasina Lindsey and her two brothers, David and Jamie, were left in dire straits when their father died. In England, the manor and surrounding property, their home, belonged to someone else. They sold their heirlooms to buy passage to Australia to live with their uncle. After landing in Melboure, they were informed their uncle had died and left them his property. Once they arrived at their new home, they were told about problems with the squatters at Munro station. In 1861, the government allowed farmers to select land, even if it was leased by squatters. Their property was eighty acres in the middle of Munro station. Adam Munro wanted their property badly and would do everything he could to get it.
The author wrote about the struggle and hardship early frontiersmen lived with -- drought, wild fires, unsavory people and even the battle to keep their livestock alive. I found Tomasina, or Tommy as she was called, wishy-washy. She was strong and brave sometimes, then in front of Adam, she was whiney and clingy. She might have secretly lusted after Adam but I would think she would want to show a brave face in front of him. Adam was a tough nosed individual with a soft heart for Tommy's five year-old brother, Jamie. David was an engima. He served and was injured in the African war. Other than that he was a shallow character. Yet, while the characters left me wanting more, I loved the plot and the sense of the story.
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Reviewer: Theresa B. |
